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Hospitals

Seagate to Minnesota nanotech community: Never mind

Seagate Technology giveth (sort of). Seagate Technologies taketh (definitely). Bolstered by better than expected revenue, the disc driver maker has reversed plans to convert a state-of-the-art nanotech facility in Edina into the Minnesota Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology. Seagate, based in Scotts Valley, California,  has major operations in the Twin Cities. The company originally planned to […]

Policy

Minnesota House Tax Chair and angel credit foe embraces… an angel credit

Last week, Rep. Ann Lenczewski and House Speaker Margaret Kelliher held a press conference to tout a jobs creation bill. First item on the 26-page bill: a three year, $9 million tax credit to investors and funds with a heavy focus on "green" companies. To receive the credit, regional investment funds must devote 50 percent of its money toward "qualifying green job small businesses."